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Crowds set to enjoy Birmingham’s St Patrick’s Day Parade

HUNDREDS of people enjoyed a sneak Saturday preview of today’s Birmingham’s St Patrick’s Day Parade.Read

Denim-skirted man flashes himself at Worcestershire woman

POLICE are hunting a denim-skirted flasher who exposed himself to an elderly woman in the street.Read

Royal row over spoof Sherlock Holmes play in Leominster

SHERLOCK Holmes’s legal team have got into a right royal row over a spoof play featuring the fictional sleuth and a pair of Queen Victoria’s knickers.Read

Loose Women presenter Coleen Nolan says her show isn't sexist

LOOSE Women presenter Coleen Nolan has hit back at critics who dubbed her TV show ‘sexist’ and has revealed she gets upset if builders don’t wolf whistle her.Read

Severn Valley Railway are offering unusual weddings for couples

COUPLES looking for an unusual wedding venue could tie the knot at a railway engine house at a Midlands tourist attraction.Read

8ft Boa Constrictor still on the loose in Birmingham

AN eight-foot Boa constrictor is still missing after giving its Birmingham owner the slip.Read

Meet the pub landlord dubbed 'Mr Grumpy' by regulars

THE glass is definitely half empty for John Wilkins – because his bar staff have declared him the “grumpiest” landlord in the county.Read

Tamworth Castle not on Google street view

AN HISTORIC Midland landmark has been missed off Google’s new street view update.Read

Bromsgrove couple's M5 baby drama

A MAN pulled off the motorway to deliver his baby after his wife’s waters broke.Read

Angry dad calls for Leicester bus crash driver to lose licence

A FATHER of one of the Midland children who cheated death when a double-decker bus ploughed into a bridge has called for the driver to lose his licence.Read

Video: Susan Boyle is a big fan Of Britain's Got Talent flop Darth Jackson

IT looks as though the pressure of being favourite to win Britain’s Got Talent has finally got to Susan Boyle – caught here bowing down to fellow contestant Midlander Darth Jackson.Read

Susan Boyle is a big fan Of Britain's Got Talent flop Darth Jackson

IT looks as though the pressure of being favourite to win Britain’s Got Talent has finally got to Susan Boyle – caught here bowing down to fellow contestant Midlander Darth Jackson.Read

Man cut free from 4x4 after Birmingham bus collision

SEVEN people have been taken to hospital after a collision between a single decker bus and a 4x4 in Birmingham.Read

How one woman went from homeless to blushing bride

GABY Chick arrived in Birmingham from the streets of London’s Kings Cross at the age of 20.Read

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Catherine Lillington works as a general news reporter on the Birmingham Mail, covering patches in the south of the city and stories for the jobs pages.